Two scanned pictures won't open immediately

[musik]

I have several thousand photos after my mother and I will scan about 500 of them. I've done 40% by now.
I put them in different folders.
When I double click on a folder the pictures within that folder are shown immediately.

I don't have any WiFi or other kind of broadband on and I use the same pc and scanner during the whole process.

However.
Two of all those thousands of photos are photos we haven't taken by any camera within the family. My mother got the two pictures in an envelope from relatives in a physical postal letter.

Now:
When I scan these two photos and put them in a folder, the pc gives me a message for each one of them, when I double click the folder:
"The picture is blocked since it can come from another computer. They are blocked to protect your computer."

They are glossy pieces of paper, just like the rest of the photos. How can my Canon scanner know these two pictures have been sent to mother from someone else?

It's spooky!
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[gawa]

Right click - properties - unblock file tick box - apply.

[musik]

I did, and it worked for a while.
Then they were blocked anyway, when I turned on the pc again later.
But there were no longer a box that said Unblock (or Block).

So I erased the two pics and the folder and did a new try. First it said they were blocked because they might come from another computer. So I unblocked. It work for a while. Then when I put the pc on later the two pics didn't show up again, so I had to click on the file names to see them.

I tried to rename the pics but the same result.
I've thought about renaming the folder.

But - as always - I'm actually more interested in WHY this occurs.
How can a scanner / pc feel where the two pieces of paper (the glossy photos) come from?
These two photos were sent to my mother.
None of the other photos.

[musik]

I put another picture in that folder. No change.

All other folders and pictures. No problem.

[OldStokie]

If you're on a PC then download a free version of Microsoft 'Paint'. Or an alternative.
Paint
When you've scanned your photo and saved it, open it with paint and save it under a different name to your folder using either BMP or JPG. Your renamed image should then open ok. I have no idea why the original keeps getting blocked. Good luck.

OS.

[musik]

Apr 28, 2024 19:01:34 GMT OldStokie said:

If you're on a PC then download a free version of Microsoft 'Paint'. Or an alternative.
Paint
When you've scanned your photo and saved it, open it with paint and save it under a different name to your folder using either BMP or JPG. Your renamed image should then open ok. I have no idea why the original keeps getting blocked. Good luck.

OS.

I will try that some day soon.

[musik]

I just got the suggestion I might have bought a racist scanner.

[musik]

Now looking at a picture of my grandmother, who I never met.
I've noticed it's very healing to go through old pictures.

[musik]

Apr 30, 2024 20:00:46 GMT musik said:

Now looking at a picture of my grandmother, who I never met.
I've noticed it's very healing to go through old pictures.

I just found an even older picture and it shows my grandgrandmother on my father's side instead. It must be from 1918 or something.